Macrosolen cochinchinensis

Macrosolen cochinchinensis (Lour.) Tiegh., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 41: 122, in text 122 1894. (Syn: Elytranthe ampullacea var. tonkinensis Lecomte; Elytranthe cochinchinensis var. tonkinensis (Lecomte) H.L. Li; Hillia longiflora Blanco; Loranthus ampullaceus Roxb.; Loranthus cochinchinensis Lour.; Loranthus fordii Hance; Macrosolen fordii (Hance) Danser; Tristerix viridiflorus Mart.);

India: From sea level to 700 m altitude, reported on Mangifera indica. Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Orissa and Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia to New Guinea as per BSI flora of India;

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Helixanthera ligustrina (Wall.) Danser from Assam KD 03 Jul ’15 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6)

Habit : Stem parasite

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efi page on Helixanthera ligustrina  

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Inflorescence and bud characters (except colour, though buds can be green as per eFI record), I think, qualify but the problems are (1) BSI doesn’t record the presence in Assam and (2) host species belong to different families.

Please wait for blooming flower, it should be pink or scarlet or yellow (BSI).

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here is part of hte pic-6

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Though there is no info on the host plant being a Rhamnaceae member, the buds in the attached plates suggest 6-merous flower, and it should be Macrosolen cochinchinensis (lour.) Teigh.

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References:

The Plant List  Annonated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  Flora of China  Macrosolen cochinchinensis – The Parasitic Plant Connection  Macrosolen cochinchinensis | The Total Vascular Flora of Singapore